mach ‧ o /ˈmætʃəʊ $ ˈmɑːtʃoʊ/ BrE AmE adjective informal
[ Date: 1900-2000 ; Language: Spanish ; Origin: 'male' , from Latin masculus ; ⇨ ↑ male 1 ]
behaving in a way that is traditionally typical of men, for example being strong or brave, or not showing your feelings – used humorously or in order to show disapproval:
He’s sick of being cast as the hard macho man in films.
a car with a macho image
• • •
THESAURUS
■ relating to men
▪ male adjective a male teacher, singer etc is a man. Male jobs are the kind of jobs that men typically do:
Most science teachers are male.
|
a male nurse
|
We are trying to recruit more women to do traditionally male jobs such as engineering.
▪ masculine considered to be more typical of a man than of a woman:
He had a very masculine face.
|
masculine aggression
▪ manly having the qualities that people expect and admire in a man, such as being brave and strong:
He took off his shirt, revealing his manly chest.
|
It isn’t considered manly to cry.
|
In the portrait, the King looked manly and in control.
|
He was bronzed and athletic, with manly features and a steady gaze.
▪ macho behaving in a way that is traditionally typical of men, for example by being strong and tough and not showing your feelings – used especially either humorously or to show disapproval:
On the outside he may seem to be very macho but inside he’s very sensitive.
|
Stallone always plays macho men.
|
He’s far too macho to drink mineral water.